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Holcocera Iceryaeella
''Holcocera iceryaeella'' is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in California, United States. The length of the forewings is 9.8–14.1 mm. The forewings are brownish gray intermixed with pale-gray and a few white scales or white intermixed with gray and pale-gray scales. The hindwings are translucent on the basal half, gradually darkening to the margin. The larvae feed on decaying plant tissue, but have also been recorded as a predator on gregarious Hemiptera. They have been recorded feeding on plant debris of the following plant species: ''Yucca whipplei'', ''Juniper'', ''Sequoia sempervirens'', ''Quercus agrifolia'', ''Quercus lobata'', ''Persea americana'', ''Medicago arborea'', ''Ficus'', ''Abies concolor'', ''Pinus radiata'', ''Eriogonum parvifilium'', ''Polyporus hirsutus'', ''Heteromeles arbutifolia'', ''Prunus dulcis'' and ''Citrus sinensis''. Recorded animal hosts are ''Lepidosaphes camelliae'', ''Icerya purchase'', ''Lecanium persicae'', ''Planococcu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
